Gas-pliers



(No Model.)

W. P. DAHL,

GAS PLIERS.

No. 856,241. Patented Jan. 18, 1887.

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\VILL P. DAHL, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

GAS-PLIERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 356,241, dated January18, 1887.

Application filed November 2, 1886. Serial No. 217,802. (No model.)

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILL P. DAHL, of Minneapolis, in the countyof'Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Gas-Pliers, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

This invention relates to pliers; and it consists, essentially, of acombination-tool embodying pliers having variously-sized jaws applicablefor use in connection with Varying parts of a gas-fixture, awire-cutting attach ment, a lava-tip-turning attachment, a band adaptedfor use in the cleaning of the slots of the lava tips, a screw-driver,and a stop-cock or valve-turning recess.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart ofthis specification, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the Views.

Figure 1 is aside View of my improved form of pliers, a portion of oneof the lever armsor handles being shown in section to disclose thearrangement of the lava-tip-clcaning strip, the pliers in Fig. 1 beingrepresented as they appear when opened. Fig. 2 is a side view of thepliers, representing them as they appear when closed. Fig. 3 is aperspective view of one section of the pliers; and Fig. 4 is a view ofthe inner face of one of the lever arms or handles of the pliers,representing the lavatip cleaner as it appears when arranged within arecess formed within said arm.

In the drawings above referred to, 10and 11 represent the two sectionsof the pliers, said sections being united by a rivet or bolt, 12, thecentral joint being made in the ordinary well-known way. The jaws 13 and14 are each formed with concave serrated recesses 2 and 3, the recessesof each jaw being arranged to register, as shown in Fig. The recesses 3are provided for use upon the burners proper, while the recesses 2 arearranged for turning the globe andfixture screws.

In the extreme end of each j aw there is formed a serrated recess, 4,back of which there is a semicircular flange, 5, and between the flange5 and the recess 2there is a. plain-faced recess, 6, the recesses 6being so formed and proportioned that when serrated faces of therecesses 4 are brought into engagement with the tops of the burners thelava tips carried by the burners will pass upward through the centralers are open to the position in which they are shown in Fig.1 and awireis introduced within the slots 9 when the pliers are closed the wirewill be caught between the cutting-edges 8,and will consequently besheared or cut in two.

As the handles of the pliers approach the pivot pin or bolt 12 theyarecut out, so that their edges 16 will be parallel when the jaws of thepliers are brought together, thus providing for the reception of thethumb-piece or handle of the stop-cock or valve of the gasfixture,thereby enabling the operator to secure a sufficient amount ofleverageto turn any stop-cock or valve that may happen to become bound.

The rear end of one of the handles is pro vided with a projecting point,17 which is arranged for use as ascrew-driver. This screwdriver will befound convenient in removing or loosening the nut under the core.

.In connection with the parallel face 16,in the inner face of the otherhandle of the pliers I arrange a recess, 18, across which there issecured a retaining band or plate, 19, and in this recess 18 I mount aspring-strip, 20, which is provided with a handle or knob, 21, thearrangement being such that the strip may be forced outward in thedirection of the arrow shown in Fig. 1, and so constitute an attachmentfor the pliers, which may be used to clean out the slits or slots of thelava tips.

Such an implement as Ihave described will be found to be exceedinglyconvenient and useful in the fitting of gas-fixtures, and as eachsection of the pliers may be madein the same die the cost of manufactureis reduced to a minimum.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. As a new article of manufacture, gaspliersformed with transverse recesses 2, 3, and 6, longitudinal recesses4,andcross-flanges 5, substantially as described.

2. As a new article of manufacture, pliers formed with serrated recesses2 and 3, a serrated recess, 4, a recess, 6, arranged between therecesses 2 and 4, and slots 9, having cutting-edges S, substantially asdescribed.

3. As a new article of manufacture, pliers formed with recesses 2, 3, 4,and 6, slots 9, and I0 parallel faces 16, andprovided with aspringstrip, 20,thab is mounted Within a recess formed in one of thehandles of the pliers, substantially as described.

ILL I. DAHL. WVitnesses:

J. J. BEGER/l, J. F. BEGERI.

